Kaliningradka gave fraudsters 2.7 million rubles for the sake of “capturing criminals”

Fraudsters lured 78-year-old pensioner from Pravdinsk 2 million 702 thousand rubles, convincing her that she helps to catch criminals. The fraud involved a young man from the Krasnodar Territory.

According to investigators, in may of this year, the pensioner called unknown. The first introduced himself as an employee of the Pension Fund and reported on the alleged increase in pension. Then another caller said that her account on “State Services” was hacked, and the money from the account is transferred to finance military operations.

The woman then spoke to a man who identified himself as an FSB investigator. He convinced her to help catch the scammers and hand over the money to a courier who would name a code word.

Soon a young man came to the pensioner’s house. The woman gave him 2 million 702 thousand rubles.

Now the young man is accused of fraud on an especially large scale. The pensioner also claims damages.

Earlier we wrote that Kaliningrad was lured by listening to songs and left without 170 thousand rubles.